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US007.923221B1 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 7.923,221 B1 Cabilly et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Apr. 12, 2011 (54) METHODS OF MAKING ANTIBODY HEAVY 4,512.922 A 4, 1985 Jones et al. AND LIGHT CHAINS HAVING SPECIFICITY 4,518,584 A 5, 1985 Mark 4,565,785 A 1/1986 Gilbert et al. FORADESIRED ANTIGEN 4,599,197 A 7, 1986 Wetzel 4,634,665 A 1/1987 Axel et al. (75) Inventors: Shmuel Cabilly, Monrovia, CA (US); 4,642,334 A 2f1987 Moore et al. Herbert L. Heyneker, Burlingame, CA 4,668,629 A 5/1987 Kaplan 4,704,362 A 11/1987 Itakura et al. (US); William E. Holmes, Pacifica, CA 4,713,339 A 12/1987 Levinson et al. (US); Arthur D. Riggs, LaVerne, CA 4,766,075 A 8, 1988 Goeddeletal. (US); Ronald B. Wetzel, San Francisco, 4,792.447 A 12/1988 Uhr et al. CA (US) 4,816,397 A * 3/1989 Boss et al. ...................... 435/68 4,816,567 A 3/1989 Cabilly et al. (73) Assignees: Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, 4,965,196 A 10, 1990 Levinson et al. 5,081,235 A 1/1992 Shively et al. 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